Dewford Gym

Dewford Gym ムロジム Muro Gym
Location	Dewford Town
Gym Leader	Brawly
Badge	Knuckle Badge
Dominant Type	Fighting
Region	Hoenn
Battlefield

The Dewford Gym (Japanese: ムロジム Muro Gym) is the official Gym of Dewford Town. It is the second of the eight official Hoenn League Gyms. The Gym Leader, Brawly, specializes in Fighting-type Pokémon. Trainers who defeat him will receive the Knuckle Badge.

In the games

In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, the Dewford Gym is a pitch-black maze, with Gym Trainers hiding in the darkness. As Trainers are defeated, the Gym lights up bit by bit. Once Brawly is beaten, the entire Gym lights up completely.

In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, the Gym is redesigned as a darkened exercise gym with a lit central hallway with conveyor belts that restrict movement. The hallway also contains switches on the floor that momentarily light up the side passages through the rest of the gym when stepped on, giving the player a glimpse of the maze before they attempt it to progress. Once Brawly is defeated, the Gym is permanently lit up.

When defeated, Brawly will give the player the Knuckle Badge as well as TM08 (Bulk Up) as a reward.

Appearance

Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	Omega Ruby	Alpha Sapphire

Vending Machine

In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, there is a Vending Machine at the Gym's entrance.

Fresh Water $200

Trainers

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

Trainer	Pokémon
Battle Girl Laura ミサト Misato Reward: $336	Meditite♀ Lv.14 No item
Black Belt Hideki タイキ Taiki Reward: $448	Machop♂ Lv.14 No item
Battle Girl Tessa シノブ Shinobu Reward: $288	Meditite♀ Lv.12 No item
	Machop♂ Lv.12 No item
	Meditite♀ Lv.12 No item
Trainers with a PokéNav by their names will be registered in the Trainer's Eyes or Match Call function after the first battle, and may have a rematch with the player with higher-level Pokémon.

Leader Brawly Dewford Gym Ruby and Sapphire Reward: $1800
Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Guts Held item: None Machop♂ Lv.17 Bulk Up Fighting   --       Leer Normal   --       Karate Chop Fighting   --       Seismic Toss Fighting   --       Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Guts Held item: None Makuhita♂ Lv.18 Bulk Up Fighting   --       Knock Off Dark   --       Arm Thrust Fighting   --       Sand-Attack Ground   --

Pokémon Emerald

Trainer	Pokémon
Battle Girl Laura ミサト Misato Reward: $312	Meditite♀ Lv.13 No item
Battle Girl Lilith アズミ Azumi Reward: $312 Double Battle with Brenden	Meditite♀ Lv.13 No item
Sailor Brenden カズマサ Kazumasa Reward: $416 Double Battle with Lilith	Machop♂ Lv.13 No item
Black Belt Takao タイケイ Taikei Reward: $416	Machop♂ Lv.13 No item
Black Belt Cristian トシヒデ Toshihide Reward: $416	Makuhita♂ Lv.13 No item
Battle Girl Jocelyn シノブ Shinobu Reward: $312	Meditite♀ Lv.13 No item
Trainers with a PokéNav by their names will be registered in the Trainer's Eyes or Match Call function after the first battle, and may have a rematch with the player with higher-level Pokémon.

Leader Brawly Dewford Gym Emerald Reward: $1900

Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Guts Held item: None Machop♂ Lv.16 Bulk Up Fighting   --       Leer Normal   --       Karate Chop Fighting   --       Low Kick Fighting   --       Types: Fighting Psychic Ability: Pure Power Held item: None Meditite♂ Lv.16 Bulk Up Fighting   --       Focus Punch Fighting   --       Light Screen Psychic   --       Reflect Psychic   --       Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Guts Held item: Sitrus Berry Makuhita♂ Lv.19 Bulk Up Fighting   --       Vital Throw Fighting   --       Arm Thrust Fighting   --       Reversal Fighting   --

First rematch

Leader Brawly Dewford Gym Emerald Reward: $7400

Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Guts Held item: Sitrus Berry Machamp♂ Lv.33 Bulk Up Fighting   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Karate Chop Fighting   --       Focus Punch Fighting   --       Types: Fighting Psychic Ability: Pure Power Held item: None Meditite♂ Lv.33 Psychic Psychic   --       Focus Punch Fighting   --       Light Screen Psychic   --       Reflect Psychic   --       Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Hitmontop♂ Lv.35 Pursuit Dark   --       Counter Fighting   --       Protect Normal   --       Triple Kick Fighting   --       Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Guts Held item: Sitrus Berry Hariyama♂ Lv.37 Fake Out Normal   --       Belly Drum Normal   --       Focus Punch Fighting   --       Earthquake Ground   --

Second rematch

Leader Brawly Dewford Gym Emerald Reward: $8400

Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Guts Held item: None Machamp♂ Lv.38 Bulk Up Fighting   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Karate Chop Fighting   --       Focus Punch Fighting   --       Types: Fighting Psychic Ability: Pure Power Held item: None Medicham♂ Lv.38 Psychic Psychic   --       Focus Punch Fighting   --       Light Screen Psychic   --       Reflect Psychic   --       Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Hitmontop♂ Lv.40 Pursuit Dark   --       Counter Fighting   --       Protect Normal   --       Triple Kick Fighting   --       Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Guts Held item: Sitrus Berry Hariyama♂ Lv.42 Fake Out Normal   --       Belly Drum Normal   --       Focus Punch Fighting   --       Earthquake Ground   --

Third rematch

Leader Brawly Dewford Gym Emerald Reward: $9400

Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Keen Eye Held item: None Hitmonchan♂ Lv.40 Sky Uppercut Fighting   --       Fire Punch Fire   --       Ice Punch Ice   --       Protect Normal   --       Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Guts Held item: None Machamp♂ Lv.43 Bulk Up Fighting   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Karate Chop Fighting   --       Focus Punch Fighting   --       Types: Fighting Psychic Ability: Pure Power Held item: None Medicham♂ Lv.43 Psychic Psychic   --       Focus Punch Fighting   --       Light Screen Psychic   --       Reflect Psychic   --       Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Hitmontop♂ Lv.45 Pursuit Dark   --       Counter Fighting   --       Protect Normal   --       Triple Kick Fighting   --       Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Guts Held item: Sitrus Berry Hariyama♂ Lv.47 Fake Out Normal   --       Belly Drum Normal   --       Focus Punch Fighting   --       Earthquake Ground   --

Fourth rematch

Leader Brawly Dewford Gym Emerald Reward: $10400

Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Limber Held item: None Hitmonlee♂ Lv.46 Bulk Up Fighting   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Mega Kick Normal   --       Focus Punch Fighting   --       Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Keen Eye Held item: None Hitmonchan♂ Lv.46 Protect Normal   --       Fire Punch Fire   --       Ice Punch Ice   --       Sky Uppercut Fighting   --       Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Guts Held item: None Machamp♂ Lv.48 Bulk Up Fighting   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Cross Chop Fighting   --       Focus Punch Fighting   --       Types: Fighting Psychic Ability: Pure Power Held item: None Medicham♂ Lv.48 Reflect Psychic   --       Light Screen Psychic   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Focus Punch Fighting   --       Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Hitmontop♂ Lv.50 Protect Normal   --       Pursuit Dark   --       Counter Fighting   --       Triple Kick Fighting   --       Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Guts Held item: Sitrus Berry Hariyama♂ Lv.52 Fake Out Normal   --       Belly Drum Normal   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Focus Punch Fighting   --

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

Trainer	Pokémon
Battle Girl Laura ミサト Misato Reward: $416	Meditite♀ Lv.13 No item
Black Belt Hideki タイキ Taiki Reward: $416	Machop♂ Lv.13 No item
Battle Girl Tessa シノブ Shinobu Reward: $352	Meditite♀ Lv.11 No item
	Machop♂ Lv.11 No item
Trainers with a PokéNav by their names will be registered in the Trainer's Eyes or Match Call function after the first battle, and may have a rematch with the player with higher-level Pokémon.

Leader Brawly Dewford Gym Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Reward: $1,920

Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Guts Held item: None Machop♂ Lv.14 Leer Normal Status   --       Karate Chop Fighting Physical   --       Seismic Toss Fighting Physical   --       Bulk Up Fighting Status   --       Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Guts Held item: None Makuhita♂ Lv.16 Arm Thrust Fighting Physical   --       Knock Off Dark Physical   --       Sand Attack Ground Status   --       Bulk Up Fighting Status   --

Items

Item		Location	Games
	TM08 (Bulk Up)	Reward for defeating Brawly	R  S  E  OR  AS

In the anime

Dewford Gym first appeared in Brave the Wave. Brock, May and Max are woken up by Ash so that he can battle Brawly. However when they reach the Gym they find Brawly at surfing practice. He tells them he will battle Ash later.

When Brawly finally does begin the battle, Ash is thoroughly annoyed. The battle is a two Pokémon each, no time limit rule battle. Ash sends out Taillow which is defeated by Brawly's Machop. Treecko then defeats the Machop, before in turn being beaten by Brawly's Makuhita which evolves into Hariyama during the battle. Ash is disheartened by this defeat, but Brawly encourages him to go on.

Pokémon used in Gym

		Machop
		Machop was the first Pokémon Brawly used against Ash in both the first Gym battle and the rematch. During the first match it was sent up against Taillow and although Taillow kept using Wing Attack and hitting it, Machop kept getting up and eventually managed to knock Taillow out with a Cross Chop. Then, Ash used Treecko which was finally able to defeat it. In Ash and Brawly's rematch, Machop was again used first. It began to overpower Treecko, but fell to Ash's newly-caught Corphish. It reappeared in a flashback in Which Wurmple's Which?. Machop's known moves are Cross Chop and Karate Chop.
Debut	Brave the Wave
Voice actors
Japanese	Shin'ichirō Miki
English	Wayne Grayson

		Makuhita → Hariyama
		Main article: Brawly's Hariyama Hariyama first appeared as a Makuhita. During a Gym battle with Treecko, it evolved into Hariyama and defeated Treecko. After helping the gang to escape from a violent storm, Ash had his rematch against Brawly. Hariyama was able to defeat Corphish and almost defeated Treecko, but thanks to Ash's strategy, Treecko was able to defeat Hariyama after a fierce battle.
Debut	Brave the Wave
Voice actors
Japanese	Unshō Ishizuka
English	Maddie Blaustein

In the manga

Dewford Gym in the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Dewford Gym first appeared in Mashing Makuhita, when Sapphire challenged Brawly into a Gym battle. Using his surfing tactics to avoid Sapphire's attacks, Brawly easily gained the upper hand, especially when his Makuhita evolved into Hariyama. However, thanks to Chic's Double Kick, Sapphire was eventually able to defeat Hariyama and win the battle, earning herself the Knuckle Badge.

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

Dewford Gym makes its only appearance in The Haunted Gym where a Sableye helps Red navigate through the Gym since it was too dark for him to see.

Trivia

• In Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, the wall behind the right-hand statue behaves like a statue: when the A button is pressed while facing it, it says: "DEWFORD TOWN POKéMON GYM". This was fixed in Pokémon Emerald.
• In Generation III, it is possible to postpone this Gym until the player has the Heat Badge, since it is required to challenge Norman. This is no longer the case in Generation VI, where the player needs to beat Brawly in order to gain access to Steven's room in Granite Cave.
• This is the only Gym that the player can buy items from. In this case, the player can interact with the Vending Machine in the lobby to buy Fresh Waters.

Gym Leaders of the Hoenn region
Rustboro Gym Roxanne	Dewford Gym Brawly	Mauville Gym Wattson	Lavaridge Gym Flannery
Petalburg Gym Norman	Fortree Gym Winona	Mossdeep Gym Tate and Liza	Sootopolis Gym Wallace Juan

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